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Mission to rescue NASA telescope is spinning out of control, and engineers are racing to fix it

Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is recovering from an unexpected spin in orbit, and will need a little more time to rescue ...

Spacecraft sent on NASA rescue mission now needs rescuing

An unmanned spacecraft that was sent to rescue a falling NASA space telescope now needs an intervention of its own. NASA’s ...
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NASA launched this spacecraft to save a satellite. Now, it needs saving too

NASA launched the Swift Boost mission earlier this month to try and save one of its aging science observatories, but the ...

Mission to Save Falling NASA Space Telescope Suffers Setback

A spacecraft meant to push NASA’s Swift Observatory to a higher orbit malfunctioned and started tumbling several days ago.

Mission to save NASA spacecraft runs into trouble in orbit

The $30 million rescue mission launched on July 3 after increased solar activity caused Swift’s orbit to decay faster than ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds a Vast Sea of Strange Honeycomb Patterns on Mars

For more than a decade, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been trudging up Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain at ...

NASA provides new details about upcoming launch of powerful Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

NASA is preparing to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope next month on a SpaceX rocket. It's named after the "mother" of ...

NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes Up Nearly 6 Billion Miles from Earth After Almost a Year in Hibernation

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft woke up about 6 billion miles from Earth after being in hibernation for 321 days.

NASA plans to chase the moon’s shadow during solar eclipse 2 weeks away

NASA will use a high altitude jet and balloons to study the sun’s corona during the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse.

NASA sees South Korea as key partner in building moon base

NASA is exploring cooperation with South Korea in satellite communications, robotics and mobility to establish a permanently ...

Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission

The Link satellite is built, owned, and operated by Katalyst Space Technologies, a satellite servicing startup that won a $30 million contract from NASA to fly up to the Swift observatory, grab onto ...
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NASA to Livestream August’s Rare Total Solar Eclipse

NASA will livestream the August 12 total solar eclipse and chase the Moon's shadow to study the Sun and Earth's atmosphere.